Sui and Tang · Official and Writer

Wang Zhongshu 王仲舒

Attested AD 785 - AD 820

Passages: 9
Chapters: 2
Histories: 1

Overview

Wang Zhongshu was an official and Writer.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Hongzhong	弘中	Hongzhong
Posthumous name	Cheng	成

Life and dates

Death

died in office
Age Years: 62
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 161, passage 164

Attested activity

AD 806 元和初
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 161, passage 145
AD 820 穆宗立
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 161, passage 153
AD 794 to AD 795 約拾遺王仲舒守延英閣
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 194, passage 183
AD 785 to AD 805 貞元中
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 161, passage 139

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Mother of Wang Zhongshu (王仲舒母)
mother 母
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 161, passage 147

Key source chapters

Career and standing

Reminder 拾遺
Held
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passage 183
posthumous Left Regular Attendant; posthumous name Cheng 贈左散騎常侍，謚曰成
Granted
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 161, passage 164

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passage 183
At Qi in Bingzhou 并州祁
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 161, passage 137

Works and attributed material

Memorial · Co author · With Pei Yanling (裴延齡)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 194, passage 183
Speech · Speaker
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 161, passages 155-156, 161

Events and relationships

Abolished wine monopoly
Administration · Governor
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 161, passage 159
Relation Friend of · Person Yang Ping (楊憑)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 161, passages 138, 146

References in the histories

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History

9 passages

New Book of Tang, Chapter 161Volume 161 Biographies 86: Zhang, Zhao, Li, Zheng, Xu, Wang, Feng, Yu · 8 passages

王仲舒，字弘中，并州祁人。 Wang Zhongshu, styled Hongzhong, came from Qi in Bingzhou.

後入閣，帝顧宰相指曰：「是豈王仲舒邪？」 Later when he entered the privy council, the emperor looked at the chief minister and pointed, saying, "Is that not Wang Zhongshu?"

楊憑得罪斥去，無敢過其家，仲舒屢存之。 When Yang Ping was punished and expelled, no one dared visit his home; Zhongshu repeatedly called on him.

穆宗立，每言仲舒之文可思，最宜為誥，有古風。 When Muzong acceded, he often said Zhongshu's writings were worth pondering, most fit for edicts, and had an antique flavor.

仲舒罷酤錢九十萬。 Zhongshu abolished ninety thousand strings of monopoly wine revenue.

吏坐失官息錢五十萬，悉產不能償，仲舒焚簿書，脫械不問。 Officials were liable for fifty thousand strings of lost office interest and could not repay from all their property; Zhongshu burned the ledgers, removed their shackles, and did not pursue the matter.

卒於官，年六十二，贈左散騎常侍，謚曰成。 He died in office at sixty-two; he was posthumously granted left regular attendant at the Imperial Secretariat with the posthumous name Cheng.

仲舒尚義概，所居急民廢置，自為科條，初若煩密，久皆稱其便。 Zhongshu valued righteous boldness; wherever he governed he hastened to repair what the people had abandoned; the regulations he drew up at first seemed tedious, but in time all praised their convenience.

New Book of Tang, Chapter 194Volume 194 Biographies 119: Outstanding Conduct · 1 passage

乃約拾遺王仲舒守延英閣上疏極論延齡罪，慷慨引誼，申直贄等，累日不止。 He then joined reminder Wang Zhongshu in guarding the Yanying Pavilion to submit a memorial fiercely denouncing Yanling's crimes, speaking with passionate righteousness and defending Zan and the others, for days without cease.